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Acer makes Aspire One A110L available-in Europe for the time being
The long awaited Acer One has finally made an appearance and it’s listed for sale in Taiwan already with European availability starting in 6-10 days according to several etailers. The first model is the A110L which is the most basic out of three SKU’s that Acer will launch.
The A110L comes with an Atom N270 processor, the 945GSE chipset, 512MB to 1GB of RAM depending on where you look, an 8.9in LED backlit LCD display with 1,024×600 resolution, an 8GB NAND flash module, a multi-format memory card reader, 802.11b/g WiFi, 10/100Mbit Ethernet, modem and three USB 2.0 ports.
It measures 249x170x29mm (WxDxH) and weighs in at 0.9kg. Again, depending on where you look it’ll either come with a 2,200mAH 3-cell battery or a 4,400mAH 4-cell battery. It will use Linpus Linux Lite as its OS and it’s divided up into four sections on the screen to make it easy to locate the applications you need. The sections are connect, work, fund and files. Continue reading “Acer makes Aspire One A110L available-in Europe for the time being”
Microsoft makes Remote Desktop 2 avaliable
Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection 2 is finally out of beta.
The final release includes all the new features that Microsoft added, some of the highlights include:
- The ability to open multiple instances of Remote Desktop without resorting to a hack (though I do believe that each connection spawns a new instance of the app itself).
- Redesigned UI
- Support for Network Level Authentication (which makes connections more secure)
Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection 2 is free, and a Universal app.
SSD-based MacBook Air price dropped by $500
Price of NAND flash memory continuing its steady sequential decline. Apple this month cut the price of its Solid State Drive (SSD)-equipped MacBook Air by half a grand($500). The 13-inch 1.8GHz MacBook Air with a 64GB SSD is being sold for $2598, down from the $3098 fetching price that was listed as recently as last week. The half-grand markdown is a result of price cuts to two separate components.
First, Apple reduced the price of the Air’s 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor upgrade by $100 to just $200.
Secondly, the company slashed the cost of the Flash memory-based 64GB SSD drive upgrade to $599 from $999. That means customers can now configured a 1.6GHz MacBook Air with an SSD drive for as little as $2398.
Xandros buys Linspire
Xandros is in the process of aquiring Linspire, which proclaims itself to be world’s easiest linux desktop.
Linspire has been told to change their name to Digital Cornerstone Inc. Linspire is not the name everyone knows. Infact, the only linux distribution I know is ubuntu and red hat. Xandros was an unknown word for me before the introduction of EEE PC by ASUS.
Lets us see what Xandros would do with Linspire :)
Mobiletechreview reviews Toshiba Portege G810
It is a Portege. Yet it is not a laptop ;)
Mobiletechreview takes a look at the much anticipated G810 from Toshiba. They have given it “thumbs-up”.
I hope Toshiba has got the software stability right this time. Somebody remembers the G900? :shock:
Link to the review
Indian Mobile Market to Hit $37 Billion by 2012
Mobile services revenue in India is projected to grow around 18 percent a year, hitting US$37 billion by 2012.
India’s mobile subscriber base is also set to exceed 737 million connections by 2012, growing around 21 percent annually. India will continue to be the second largest wireless market after China in terms of mobile connections.India had nearly 278 million mobile subscribers at the end of May after adding 8.6 million mobile subscribers during the month, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Source: Yahoo technology
FriendMobilizer – Bringing Together Windows Mobile and Facebook
Macrospecs, Inc. launched FriendMobilizer, a mobile phone application that gives users full access to their Facebook account. Viewing friends’ info, writing on walls, looking at photo albums, and changing his/her status is a small example of the wide list of the features available to users at their fingertips. Not only does FriendMobilizer run on the majority of Smartphones and Pocket PCs, but the program is completely free and can be downloaded from www.FaceOfMobile.com.
Currently FriendMobilizer works on the Windows Mobile operating system.
So facebook fans! What are you waiting for then? Head over to http://faceofmobile.com and download this great application on your windows mobile
Yes, They did It! Firefox Broke the World Record!
From Spread Firefox,
Thanks to the support of the always amazing Mozilla community, we now hold a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. From 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008, 8,002,530 people downloaded Firefox 3 and are now enjoying a safer, smarter and better Web.
I cannot even imagine how happy the guys at Mozilla would be! They wanted the world record, now they have earned it! I got my self a certificate too!
There $$s go! Microsoft wants Yahoo but only their search business
Yes! There they go again
According to Wall Street Journal,
It seems Microsoft is only interested in Yahoo!’s search business, with the partner in the deal likely absorbing the rest of the company.
This comes about five months after Microsoft sent Yahoo! an unsolicited bid to buy the entire company. Yahoo! rejected the deal, feeling Microsoft was not willing to pay a high enough price for the company that runs the Internet’s most visited website, according to Alexa. Continue reading “There $$s go! Microsoft wants Yahoo but only their search business”